Funny names

[j0nes 0]

Ever met someone with an odd name and you thought.... what were their parents thinking?

In some cases, the names are from a different culture, so there is no way they'd know. But the American parents should know better:

1) Richard Hunter - he never went by Dick

2)I guess Bich is a common Vietnamese name. I knew this guy named Bich, the killer was his last name... he was Bich Bang.

3)Ke Gu. This guy is Chinese, so you say the last name first. The first name can be pronounced "Key" or "Kah" so it sounds like "Gookie" or "Gooka".

[steveorino 7]

I knew a girl in HS whose last name was Moredick. She married very quickly after she graduated.

steveOrino

[jumpergirl 0]

I went to school with a girl whose mother remarried. Her new name? Dorris Morris.

[KiwiQ 0]

I had a friend who wanted to name his daughter Tara and make her middle name Dactyl.

"...I'm going to feed your fingers to the wolverines..."

[beezyshaw 0]

I think a thread like this came up before, but I laugh still whenever I think about this. I went to prep school (Baylor) with a guy named...

"Happy Dicks"

After graduation he went on to play football at Georgia.

"He's down to the 30, the 20, the 10, and it's a touchdown! Georgia's on the scoreboard with Happy Dicks!"

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

My brother went to school with a guy that his last name was Lipshitz. I BRIEFLY dated a guy whose last name was Muckenfuss, now you know why I said BRIEFLY!! Call me petty but I had a problem with it.


Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[jumpergirl 0]

I went to high school with a girl whose last name was Cummings. She (also briefly) dated a guy whose last name was Goings.

[ginandjuice 0]

There was a woman who worked at my job briefly before I started and her name was Ima Pigge. True story!

Ginny

The words I have to say, May well be simple but they're true, Until you give your love, There's nothing more that we can do-David Bowie

[Rebecca 0]

Ima Hogg and the Hogg family are big names in Houston - wealthy philanthropists or something...

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[BillyVance 34]

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Ima Hogg and the Hogg family are big names in Houston - wealthy philanthropists or something...

So THAT's where Boss Hogg of Dukes fame came from!

But boy, what a rotten apple!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[DrewGPM 0]

My uncle's father-in law is Richard Head...NOBODY calls him Dick!

I went college with a Michael Hunt...you guessed it, NOBODY called him Mike.

[Orchid 0]

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2)Bich is a common Vietnamese name. I knew this guy named Bich, the killer was his last name... he was Bich Bang.

Bich is definitely a first name........Bang on the other hand is not (killer) it has many different meaning, but not a killer....you were misinformed.

"Love is doing small things with great love."

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[masterrig 1]

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Ima Hogg and the Hogg family are big names in Houston - wealthy philanthropists or something...

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I've heard a story over the years about the two Hogg sisters... Ima and Ura. Any truth to that? Was it just Ima?
Thanks!


Chuck

[j0nes 0]

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Bich is definitely a first name........Bang on the other hand is not (killer) it has many different meaning, but not a killer....you were misinformed.

i used 'killer' as in the punchline

[j0nes 0]

ooooh..... i just remembered this one.

I knew a teacher who had a student named 'Abcde', pronounced Ab-si-dee. Incidently, the child was black.

[meloo09 0]

The actor Jason Lee named his kid Police Inspektor

What you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say.

[NWFlyer 2]

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The actor Jason Lee named his kid Police Inspektor

Well, if we get into what "celebrities" name their kids, that opens up a whole new area ....

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[SpeedRacer 1]

My parents use to run a theater. One woman on the board of directors was named Betty Titsworth.



Then there's the same-name types.

There was a guy in my biochemistry class named Charles Manson (he was born before the murders)

There was this distant great uncle of mine who was a preacher. He was named Jim Palmer. Now I live in Maryland, and there was a very famous pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles named Jim Palmer. This great uncle of mine is like in his 90s, so obviously he had the name first. But when people would rib him about his name, he'd just say, "Well, I pitch for Jesus, and my team NEVER loses!"

Oh, there is this guy who is known as the world's greatest beer connoisseur. He's written a lot of books about beer too. He's a white man from England, but his name is Michael Jackson.

Speed Racer
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[airtwardo 6]

Then there's the same-name types.

There was a guy in my biochemistry class named Charles Manson (he was born before the murders)

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I was watching TV last night with the kids, that movie with Sly Stalone as a frozen then melted cop...

It's set way in the future, the guy having a parole hearing the same day as 'Simon' the bad guy...

Scott Peterson..

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Ashtanga 0]

In High School there was a kid on our baseball team named Don Kaiser. When we were out of town this announcer announced his name DonKeysEar. From then on he was officially Donkeys Ear.

[diablopilot 2]

Guy I went to elementry school with....Christopher Butlik.

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[NWFlyer 2]

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Scott Peterson..

There's one who posts on here as homer. Apparently it's nothing he hasn't heard before.

[Rebecca 0]

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Ima Hogg and the Hogg family are big names in Houston - wealthy philanthropists or something...

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I've heard a story over the years about the two Hogg sisters... Ima and Ura. Any truth to that? Was it just Ima?
Thanks!


Chuck

Never heard of Ura - methinks that story just spun off of the real Ima as a joke. I mean, really, WHY would anyone with that family name christen their daughter Ima?

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[davidlayne 5]

Knew a Crystal Clear.

Know a Tammy Estes and amuses me that she is T.Estes

I don't care how many skydives you've got,
until you stepped into complete darkness at
800' wearing 95 lbs of equipment and 42 lbs
of parachute, son you are still a leg!

[NWFlyer 2]

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Knew a Crystal Clear.

Know a Tammy Estes and amuses me that she is T.Estes

Oh yeah that reminds me of a guy I worked with named Steve Lutzky. The printer header sheets used first initial, last name. So his stuff printed out for "slutzky."